yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] nbetcher:
No. Other devices need their recoveries built first since there are two other devices as part of Revolutionary's (Unrevoked + AlphaRev) next release. Once those are built they will package them up, briefly test it, then post it on their website. I didn't get any solid ETA, but I'd say it should be released within the week, maybe this weekend.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] ratchetrizzo:
THANK THE MAKER

You can have as much as you want if you can pry it from the state's fist since they seem to think 60% of my income is worthy of one child for child support. And I'm not poor
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] HeyTao:
Hi, i got a MT4GS in TaoBao(China ebay).

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=12279112694

It's only 2750RMB(about 420USD).

I doubt there may be something unusual about the phone sell on TaoBao.

When the phone arrival, a custom ROM was in it.

After some days, i flash the phone with the ROM football gave.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1178082

After i flash the phone, the HBoot is like this now.

I am still not sure whether my phone is a real doubleshot or a engineering phone.

If who can tell, please let me know.

thanks.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] blackknightavalon:
Can we see the full bootloader?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] HeyTao:
Of course.

But i don't know what is the "full bootloader"?

What should i do to show that.

I am a new android user.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] beamer786:
I'm pledging $20 once I get S-Off plus I'm willing to offer my phone up as a guinea pig if any testing is required. :)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Akujin:
Nice. My 15 Euro are donated :D
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] kinger2011:
$25 Bounty- PAID

Confirmation number: 5VS815259F882892W

Kinger2011 $25

Now can we please get some directions that are easy to follow and don't require a seasoned C++ programmer?

ROCK ON
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] blackknightavalon:
That's only a picture of part of your bootloader. Can we see the full screen?

Sent from a Western Union telegram.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] nbetcher:
Your phone is a retail (non-ENG) version of the phone, denoted by the "SHIP" text at the top. It is a "real" Doubleshot (not sure what you meant by that since an ENG would be a real phone too :P ). It simply came unlocked by default like some people received at launch (e.g. Paul O'Brian).
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] HeyTao:
er...

Isn't the picture is a full screen?

How to show the full screen?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] HeyTao:
I mean I don't know whether the phone has the same hardware to the retail version sold by T-mobile.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] unclespoon:
Man I am getting so giddy like a schoolgirl I will definitely making the $25 donation as soon as I'm rocking S-OFF!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] blackknightavalon:
I'll do it as soon as S-OFF, CWM, and CM7 are for the Doubleshot AND I buy one. This was fast work compared to the Vision!

Sent from a Western Union telegram.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] nbetcher:
It helps when you have the main AlphaRev developer on speed dial :D
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dillalade:
Just got mine today.

BUT - the screen flickers.

WTFFFFF.

Anyone know of or heard this?

It's a consistant flicker in that it happens, in hboot, in boot screen and during normal operation.

Fkin annoyed.

Yeah I know I should return it, but I bought it through ebay, I'm in the UK.

Where can I buy a replacement screen, as Ive searched on ebay and cant find it?

Thanks in advance
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] beamer786:
You should contact the seller you bought it from and really try to return it. Haven't heard of it happening to anyone and haven't seen a single place where you buy a screen for it yet. The phone is really new so you might have a really tough time finding one for a while.

If returning is not an option then contact HTC UK and see what they say. http://www.htc.com/uk/support.aspx (then click Customer Service on the left for one of the ways to get in touch with them).

I had an HTC HD2 and I was overseas in Pakistan and they told me I could ship the phone to the UK to get it fixed through HTC for a price. I never followed through but the option of doing a paid repair through HTC is there.

Hope this helps and good luck with your phone.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dillalade:
Nice one, fk it, I will return to seller, and just buy another one.

Having fingered the phone, I do love it's form - much better feel then the HTC Merge - however the Merge has a far superior keyboard.

Nevertheless I like and will re-buy

Cheers
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dgurion:
Will also be donating $20 as soon as I can get S-OFF on my phone. Thanks to all the devs working on this.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] eismcsquare:
Today I was going to return the phone. Now I wait with my 20$, waiting for s-off, root and mods.

Thanks in advance to the devs. Do not disappoint now.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] cberbes:
Yea, I'm right there with you. I went back to my CM7 G2 just because I can't stand the horrible battery life and all the other quirks of the MTS4G.

I have a dream of having a rooted MTS4G running CM7....overclocked to 2mhz...better battery, better functionality. I HAVE A DREAM!!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] michaelmab88:
Lol... Pretty sure you meant GHz... But then again dreams can be pretty unusual sometimes ;)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] cberbes:
In my dreams the M in mhz stands for "Majestic"....which is the equivalent of 1.21 Jigg-a-watts, which is 100 times greater than a Gig-a-watt. My friend Emmet Brown invented it, he used it to power the stereo in his Delorean, awesome system but the only channel that came in was channel 88. It was cool though, it played Huey Lewis and the NEWS 24/7. And I think we can all agree that would make my phone more powerful than even the awesome power of love.....and THAT makes the world go round.

Ok...not buying it? Fine, I screwed up...I meant ghz. I hate making dumb mistakes, if only I could go back in time....hey, wait.

;)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] chorpler:
In the meantime, those 1900mAh Anker batteries you can get on eBay for like $12 don't seem that much higher than the 1520mAh battery that comes with the MT4GS, but in practice they seem to last at least twice as long ... for me, at least, so far. Still nowhere near as long as the 3400mAh battery in my G2, but a lot longer than the original MT4GS battery!

ETA: This battery is the one I was referring to ... I guess it's $13.99, not $12. Whoops. Still a good battery, though.

Will changing the MT4GS's ROM to CM7 really help the battery life? My G2 has CM7 but I never actually used it with the stock ROM; I upgraded the day I got it. So I never knew there was a battery life difference... is it significant?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] ratchetrizzo:
Lol, we know he meant Ghz :) If he was talking Mhz he would have one heck of a overclocked commodore64 handset :)

*off topic for 30 seconds*

I can *almost* imagine what things would be like if commodore and atari were still around in the consumer electronics business. Commodore would have a 4.5" handset with a keyboard and every feature we would want but run it's own OS, while atari would have ALMOST everything while running it's own OS (cause once the amiga hit, atari always seemed a step behind with the ST series sadly. their 8bit was rather fetching though but never had the following of the c=64). Sadly, both would have no industry support and paid OS updates and be mismanaged by corporate.

*back on topic*

I can hardly wait for s-off to hit. I have big plans for my slide now that I am used to the keyboard. The g2 will always have a place in my heart and I will still play with new roms on it but I have a feeling once people see what this phone can do with retail s-off it will have a slew of hardware-specific roms, at least for the camera.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] chorpler:
Have you seen the new Commodore 64? If I had money to spare that would be awesome.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] djmemphismike:
Man, Glad to hear you guys are working on this! Just got the mt4gs today, because I loved my mt4g, but my fingers are too big for on-screen keyboards. Has anyone contacted the guys at TeamRoyal for rom development yet? Royalginger may be the best rom I have ever run on a phone, ever! Tremendous battery life, netflix, and it is FAST as lightning! I'd love to see what they could do with this device.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] BiggJurk:
Coming from a Touch Pro 2 with Energy, I am starting to read up and educate myself before all the fun begins. I am curious what programs I should start looking at to restore apps, settings etc. similar to Sashimi on Windows Mobile 6.5?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] blackknightavalon:
Titanium Backup will do the obvious as will MyBackup Pro. If you're going to be a serious root user, I also recommend downloading Absolute System, SU File Manager and Terminal (OI File Manager with root privileges), SetCPU (so you can overclock), QuickBoot, ROM Manager (most custom Android builds will have this built-in), screenshot (by Kastor Soft), Font Changer, and Market Unlocker.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] raduque:
I've got a 4g Slide in the mail. Soon as I can s-off it, somebody's gettin $25.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] domhall:
Okay... I'm in....

The TMO SW is really holding the MT4GS HW back... Im in also for $25 for S-Off and let the games begin!!!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] nbetcher:
Update

Hey guys/gals,

I just want to provide an update on the upcoming version of Revolutionary for Doubleshot S-OFF....

Our device (actually all MSM8x60-based devices) does not have a charging circuit on-board, so what that means is that when you shut your phone off completely (remove battery or disable 'Fast Boot' in Settings) and attempt to charge it via USB, it actually boots INTO recovery mode without turning the screen on in order to charge the battery. So basically the phone has to turn itself on in order to charge. Not only that, but the recovery ROM has to fully support charging of the device, otherwise it won't even charge!

Because of this we need to modify Clockworkmod to support this charging method, plus charging lights and more. We do realize our priorities and minor features/bugs will not take precedence over a speedy release. Once we're satisfied with the ability to charge the phone, then the final stages of releasing the new version will commence.

Let me reiterate that this recovery charging support is MANDATORY because if your phone's battery goes completely dead, you will have NO way to charge the battery since the device will not charge without it.

Be patient and know that IEF from Revolutionary is actively working with me to straighten these issues out. He understands your eagerness and appreciates the patience. :)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] raduque:
That's quite an interesting approach, I wonder why they went with that method of "power off charging".

In any case, I'm not at all impatient - heck, I don't even have my device yet! I mainly want a recovery/root solution so I can dump a bunch of the T-mobile **** I'll never use - kidzone, etc.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Namit1994:
I like how generous they are, providing custom recoveries as well as S-OFF. Tell them thanks.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] chorpler:
Thanks for the update, nbetcher. We all appreciate it!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] blackknightavalon:
You can't rush perfection.

Sent from a Western Union telegram.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] OmsagroSylph:
Would this mean that S-Off users of this clockwork mod are in danger of losing the ability to charge their phones?

I am not sure I understand this. If it will only charge via some mechanism in the recovery but the phone will still turn on and get there, then there is still some hardware trigger that will start the device and run off the USB power right?

Would this mean that you could start with USB power, flash your ROM and then charge? Is there a danger of damaging this trigger in a bad flash?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] nbetcher:
No, because we're spending the extra time NOW instead of rushing a release that would cause charging issues.

I was wondering if someone was going to call me out on that. :p

To be honest, I'm not sure of the specific details, but I would imagine it's recoverable (meaning you could probably boot with USB power and it'll charge in Android). I do know that some electronic devices will not boot on AC/USB power if the battery is completely drained, but I am unsure if our device is like such. Consider though that our device won't even turn on if it's plugged into USB without the battery in.

You wouldn't need to flash your ROM... just boot into Android and let it charge, I imagine.

No. This is low level functionality built into the chipset. I could go into further details, but they're boring. :p

Don't worry about this charging procedure on our device and it's interactions with the Revolutionary tool... it will be exceptional upon release. IEF (main GSM developer for Revolutionary) is a perfectionist. :)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] OmsagroSylph:
Thanks for the rest of the clarification, as far as the question about the Clockwork Mod, I had actually meant to include the link to the clockwork mod in the 4g slide forum.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1179125
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] nbetcher:
I am unsure if Paul built that CWM with the modifications needed to charge while off. I'll have to check it out sometime.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] OmsagroSylph:
It would be nice if he did, that would certainly save you guys some time.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] cmstlist:
It's out.

http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/revolutionary
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] rorytmeadows:
Tasty. Where are the instructions for this? Will this wipe the phone?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] OmsagroSylph:
Its BETA, be careful. Attempted the process and it failed. Submitted a full report of the steps I took and the results.

2 attempts made, one with temp root and one on a factory reset and no root.

Same results.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] raduque:
Awesome. Now, can I use this without installing a custom recovery? All I want is to add root and delete Tmo pre-installed apps.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] chorpler:
The instructions can be found on the link above the download links -- "carefully read our documentation for this tool" -- and if you have trouble, get on IRC via Freenode and join the #revolutionary channel for support.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] chorpler:
Hmmm, same thing here. It doesn't seem to properly detect when it's entered fastboot. The phone is sitting there on the fastboot screen, but revolutionary keeps "waiting for fastboot."
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] OmsagroSylph:
The device also seems to lock up.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] nbetcher:
EDIT: even newer version up now. Should fix the issue. Try again. Please remember to donate using this link once you have S-OFF: http://revolutionary.io/doubleshot. Enjoy peeps. :)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] OmsagroSylph:
revolutionary-0.4pre3 just patched and works fine with MT4GS. It shouldn't happen now that our phone is in the index, but if you try to patch in Clockwork Mod and it crashes, just run in again from full boot.

Thanks to Dev IEF for taking the time to talk to us and make the adjustments.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] chorpler:
Yep, it works. One note: I think IEF fixed this, but if it crashes the revolutionary.exe when you tell it to download and flash ClockworkMod, reboot your phone and wait for it to boot fully, then re-run revolutionary.exe and it will work.

I think he already fixed this, but just in case.

ETA: Haha, ninja'd by OmsagroSylph. Drat!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Akujin:
revolutionary-0.4pre2

Phone reboots into hboot with a frozen screen.

revolutionary-0.4pre3 was released about 15 minutes ago ~ trying now

S-OFF ACHIEVED!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] electro_chef:
Haha, love the Portal 2 references :D

S-OFF Achieved here as well.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] aanarchyy:
SCORE! S-OFF and root, flashing su took a few tries for some reason but eventually worked.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] blackknightavalon:
Great! Now I have a reason to pick this device up!

Sent from a Western Union telegram.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] unclespoon:
Awesome thank you so much!

Just sent my donation as promised!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] rorytmeadows:
For those like me who are very new to Android, should we wait?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] aanarchyy:
I didn't, I've only had this phone for about two weeks and this is my first android. I've had blackberrys for the past four years and did a fair amount of tinkering with them also, so I'm not new to some of this. It actually was very easy.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] _atlien_:
This is great news. I donated as well. Does the MT4G Slide need to be in a particular mode in order for the exploit to do its thing? I installed the HTC drivers and the computer detects the phone but the Revolutionary exploit doesn't go beyond 'waiting for device'.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] rorytmeadows:
So I still need the other forum in order to root? Because I've rooted my tablet and find it very necessary for any Android device.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Kaczman:
is there a rom anyone is using now that we have S-OFF?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] overhauling:
Make sure you have USB Debugging enabled, and the device is plugged in and turned on. Also, make sure you've set up the required HTC USB Drivers.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Micoman:
How long it will take on Zerging root message? Mine is stuck in that part for more than 5 minutes now
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] aanarchyy:
try temp rooting it first, bypass that step. that's what i did.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] unclespoon:
So it looks like our bounty pledge for ROOT and S-OFF worked pretty wonderfully! Any way we can continue on this roller coaster and get some custom ROM action? Maybe the guys at VIRTUOUS want to step in? I had the UNITY ROM on my MT4G and it was fantastic!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] pmcqueen:
I, for one, can't wait to get rid of sense.

aosp please.

I'm sure CM will come out shortly for our phones... as soon as that's done, I'm good to go. :)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] michaelmab88:
Well cm7 has already made progress towards a sensation 4g rom and I imagine that any progress

there is pretty much progress toward a mytouch 4g slide rom. :)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] chrispaw:
I'll pledge $10 bucks towards a real AOSP or CM rom.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] unclespoon:
There were certain elements of Sense that I enjoyed on my Mytouch 4G with the Virtuous Unity ROM, but I'd love to see what the MT4GS can do with the freedom of AOSP! So glad to hear they're making progress!!!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] ratchetrizzo:
The ONLY thing about this version of sense that I am going to miss is the camera app. I'm pretty sure it's heavily embedded with framework and we wont beable to use it with a cm rom
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] mat_oli:
wasn't the .apk already extracted tho? if so, can't we just run that on the custom rom?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] ratchetrizzo:
No, it's dependent on the sense framework.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] OpenMinded:
does any1 know if this phone can be made simlock free and supersid with gfree?

I permarooted mine, but when running gfree i get attempting to power cycle eMMC failed. module failed to load exec format error.

It seems a module needs to be loaded, thus a proper kernel is needed with this module.

Does anyone know if this works with a proper kernel and is so which one?

Should gfree work on this device?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] ratchetrizzo:
Why the heck are you trying to run gfree? When did ANYONE say gfree was ported to this phone???????
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] OpenMinded:
I thought it was a universal script since it works on G2 and MyTouch 4G, but judging from your reaction that is not the case?

From it's output it seems to be looking for the CID in the /dev/block partitions and change some stuff to unlock it.

Is that not the case?

So is it dangerous to use?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] ratchetrizzo:
Ah no, it's not made for this handset yet.

I'm glad it was smart enough not to try and write anything or you'd have a brick.

Let me ask you this, would you try gfree on a handset the wiki didn't support a year from now? No? Exactly.

And it's fine if you are pissed off at me, but really, if there was a gfree for this handset (that would s-off, un-CID, etc), don't you think people would have been using it by now? Does the Sensation even support gfree? If it does it's ahead of us, if it doesn't then reading its docs should have been a clue.

I'm sorry to all if you think I'm harsh, but ANYONE trying to run a g2/mt4g gfree on this needs to really read up before they brick their device and start posting messages about it.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] OpenMinded:
thank you for your quick reply and explanation.

I guess I was a bit script-happy there, thought it could not hurt too much.

I'll be more considerate net time :).

I'll purchase an unlockcode then, thanks for your help!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] chorpler:
So is there any way to CID-unlock the MT4GS besides purchasing an unlock code?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] nbetcher:
It should be unlocked after S-OFF.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Sinfamy:
Is there a way to make it S-ON again? In case of warranty.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] nbetcher:
Not that I'm aware of, but I'm not sure they consider an S-OFF'd device to void a warranty, especially when they distributed pre-SOFF'd retail devices to begin with (a few users on this forum got them).
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] chorpler:
Oh, good. The CID variable retrieved with fastboot.exe still says "T-MOB010", but I don't know if that means anything.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] chorpler:
So why would you have to purchase an unlock code, OpenMinded, since the phone should be CID-unlocked after the S-OFFing?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] OpenMinded:
I do not know, my sim card just did not work.

Was it possible to change that? I just do not understand how it works and since gfree could brick it according to someone, I bought the unlock code.

If there is another way, I am very much interested and so are some others I think :).

Maybe my S-Off is just a labeled S-off? I just do not know.

I used revolutionary.io for S-off and some windows script for perm root.

I have not flashed the insecure boot image by the way.

Any explanation on this matter is always welcome :)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] ratchetrizzo:
there was a note added to the S-off thread.

fastboot oem writecid 11111111

that will carrier unlock the phone
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] OpenMinded:
darn, had I known :)!

I must have overlooked it, nice to know though for a second time :).

That seems like a very universal command, so no gfree would be needed then?

Thanks (pressed button too)!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] chorpler:
I did try it on my phone, but it didn't work to unlock it with the AT&T SIM card I tried. I guess you already used an unlock code to get yours to work? Too bad, I would like to see if yours worked where mine didn't...
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] ratchetrizzo:
the s-off util and writing the CID should, theoretically, do everything gfree does :)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] OpenMinded:
indeed I used the code already.

Wanted to test to, I have a T-mobile one.

Well, they key is about $26, about 16 EUR now, so I am happy.

Whenever I order another one for somebody, I'll definitely try, but somehow the US models are not really popular here.

MyTouch 4G was not either, while it is really awesome
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] kcunning:
I'm in for $25 for a Cyo port. Hell, I'll throw in cookies, too.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Tonio1987:
Me too CyanogenMod 25$ and 25$ for one that will Ubuntu

I have already given 18€ for permroot ^^

Sorry bad English (I am French ^^)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] digitaltailor:
This is a long thread...

I will be more than happy to donate the standard pledge of $25, but I can't seem to find the link in this thread for the instructions to obtain root. Can someone help me out?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] unclespoon:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1192383